US federal agencies rebuff Musk’s directive to justify jobs

No one is supposed to send any emails like that...

The way it's supposed to work is the president tells his cabinet what to do, and it trickles down the chain of command.

If agencies refuse, the president can force senior leadership to resign. Which is why Biden was able to force agencies to do a partial RTO when he somehow thought that would get him Republican support a few years ago.

What is happening now is like if the manager of a KFC ordered the manager of Taco Bell to start staying open 24/7 again.

They might all have the same parent company, but that doesn't mean one can order the other around.

And the CEO of the parent company (Yum foods?, doesn't really matter) could say Taco Bell should be open 24/7, but he'd likely tell the Taco Bell CEO to do it instead of texting every Taco Bell employee in America.

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I sent my list!
- Sounds like upper management material to me
Good. To hell with this guy and his obnoxious, illegal threats.
Unfortunately, for those who were expected to comply, it was mentioned that this is (semi-)expected to be a recurring event.
Are Trump and Vance supposed to send those emails? Trump has been kind of busy but does Vance actually do anything?
- No one is supposed to send any emails like that...
  The way it's supposed to work is the president tells his cabinet what to do, and it trickles down the chain of command.
  If agencies refuse, the president can force senior leadership to resign. Which is why Biden was able to force agencies to do a partial RTO when he somehow thought that would get him Republican support a few years ago.
  What is happening now is like if the manager of a KFC ordered the manager of Taco Bell to start staying open 24/7 again.
  They might all have the same parent company, but that doesn't mean one can order the other around.
  And the CEO of the parent company (Yum foods?, doesn't really matter) could say Taco Bell should be open 24/7, but he'd likely tell the Taco Bell CEO to do it instead of texting every Taco Bell employee in America.
- Jd is at Pier One